AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS passengers were outnumbered but defended
themselves bravely. The conductor was fighting next to
As the train was speeding through Wyoming, Mr. Fog
and Colonel Proctor were getting ready for the duel.
Carrying two revolvers each, they entered the last car of
the train. At about fifty feet long, it was perfect for their
purpose. The other passengers, including Passe-partout,
were waiting nervously outside the car. Suddenly, wild
cries and gunshots were heard, which certainly did not
come from the car where the two men were. From
inside the car came cries of terror! Colonel Proctor and
Mr Fogg rushed towards the noise. They then saw that
Sioux Indians were attacking the train. There were
about a hundred of them. The sounds of the gunshots
came from the Sioux and from the passengers, who
almost all had revolvers. The Sioux first climbed on the
engine and knocked out the engineer and stoker. The
Indian chief wanted to stop the train but he did not
know the engine worked. He opened the steam valve
instead of closing it, and this made the train go faster
and faster. In the meantime, the Sioux were invading
the cars, fighting with the passengers. Some even
entered the baggage car, throwing things off the train.
Cries and shots could be heard everywhere. The
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
As the train was speeding through Wyoming, Mr. Fog
and Colonel Proctor were getting ready for the duel.
Carrying two revolvers each, they entered the last car of
the train. At about fifty feet long, it was perfect for their
purpose. The other passengers, including Passepartout,
were waiting nervously outside the car. Suddenly, wild
cries and gunshots were heard, which certainly did not
come from the car where the two men were. From
inside the car came cries of terror! Colonel Proctor and
Mr Fogg rushed towards the noise. They then saw that
Sioux Indians were attacking the train. There were
about a hundred of them. The sounds of the gunshots
came from the Sioux and from the passengers, who
almost all had revolvers. The Sioux first climbed on the
engine and knocked out the engineer and stoker. The
Indian chief wanted to stop the train but he did not
know the engine worked. He opened the steam valve
instead of closing it, and this made the train go faster
and faster. In the meantime, the Sioux were invading
the cars, fighting with the passengers. Some even
entered the baggage car, throwing things off the train.
Cries and shots could be heard everywhere. The
Mr Fogg when he was shot and fell. At the same
moment he cried, “Unless the trains is stopped in five
minutes, we are lost!” Fort Kearney station, where
there was a garrison, was only two miles away.
However, then train was moving so fast that it would
pass the station before anyone could help the
passengers. “It will be stopped,” cried Passepartour. “I
will go.” Without anymore noticing, he left the car and
climbed under the train, holding on the chains. He
managed to go from one car to another until he reached
the front of the train. Holding on with one hand, with
the other he unscrewed the yoking bar. The locomotive
now detached from the train, rushed ahead with
increased speed. The train, rushed ahead with increased
speed. The train however, slowed down and stopped
less than a hundred feet from Fort Kearney station. The
soldiers heard the gunshots and ran to help, but when
they reached the train, the Sioux were all gone. When
the passengers counted each other on the station
platform, they found that several were missing including
the courageous Frenchman who saved them.
Passengers were outnumbered but defended
themselves bravely. The conductor was fighting next to
Mr Fogg when he was shot and fell. At the same
moment he cried, “Unless the trains is stopped in five
minutes, we are lost!” Fort Kearney station, where
there was a garrison, was only two miles away.
However, then train was moving so fast that it would
pass the station before anyone could help the
passengers. “It will be stopped,” cried Passepartour. “I
will go.” Without anymore noticing, he left the car and
climbed under the train, holding on the chains. He
managed to go from one car to another until he reached
the front of the train. Holding on with one hand, with
the other he unscrewed the yoking bar. The locomotive
now detached from the train, rushed ahead with
increased speed. The train, rushed ahead with increased
speed. The train however, slowed down and stopped
less than a hundred feet from Fort Kearney station. The
soldiers heard the gunshots and ran to help, but when
they reached the train, the Sioux were all gone. When
the passengers counted each other on the station
platform, they found that several were missing including
the courageous Frenchman who saved them.